i use an indoor electric collar on my great dane to keep her out of range of the more "precious" items in my condo. she learned quickly to avoid the areas the three sensors cover, and if she forge...

i have a few-months-old jasper, and when it first showed up, to describe it as "very firm" would have been an understatement. it's loosened up a bit over the 4 months i've had it, b...

there is a such thing as a "curtain nay-sayer"? who are these people, and is there a 12-step program for such an affliction?

if your sofa is pushed up against the wall, and the back of the sofa is upholstered in the same fabric, might you be able to snip a bit of the back fabric and have a professional use that to patch ...

i too have oak trim throughout my vintage condo, which i only DIDN'T paint white because i got yelled at by someone (okay, everyone) any time i mentioned the idea. then...i painted th...

even as a compulsive hang-and-rehang-'til-it's-perfect-er(?), i say leave it as is. i'd just install a shelf beneath the arrangement and put a cute doo-dad or two on it. (just make sure the shelf...

i was too cheap to splurge for tiles during my kitchen reno and ended up using textured wallpaper for my backsplash instead. (i think it was $12/roll from lowes--which felt like a real steal at th...

frontporchpirate, i too have a great dane--who, at one, is just ALMOST not a puppy any longer--and i enthusiastically second each and every one of your suggestions.

i hate to spill my little secret, but the st. peter's barn sale at the kane county fair grounds (annually in september) is a scavenger's dream. my friend furnished her one bedroom apartment with f...

gorgeous windows high ceilings = happy problem! if you want to work with what you already have, i would simply re-mount your rod to the outside corners of the lower windows (so it st...

this is to die for. alex, if i still lived in dc, i'd for sure hire you to walk my great dane--and decorate my apartment.

generally not one to go tit-for-tat in comments, but i'm a total grammar nerd and feel compelled to say that wild-er's comment that "floated furniture off OF the walls" is correct is, in fact, er.....

available at home depot: http://www.goof-off.com/ i just used this for errant paint removal ALL OVER my condo. i have no idea what's in it, ...

thanks to a cheap furniture find, i accidentally ended up with this yellow as the primary accent color in my condo. it looks spectacular against my dark grey-blue walls and heavy natural woodwork!...

adore the concept, but the bed-on-the-altar thing is a little...rosemary's baby, no?

call me crazy, but i think homes with "well preserved dated decor" are going to be worth an absolute mint down the road. in the age of HGTV and gut rehabs, harvest gold might just become the real ...

to echo pixie's comment, i lived in DC for three years and came to love many of the architectural hybrids that develop all over the city from what i assume are similar situations, as well as vigoro...

a resounding yes--though i think it's more represented in style than color. that is to say, both my wardrobe and my condo are very neat, pretty eclectic, just a little bohemian, and always accente...

ditto (ditto ditto) on the curtains, though i'd go with a fun, patterned drape. also, paint your existing chairs something colorful, and pick up a tablecloth to mask the dark folding table. ...

i'm pretty sure you just found my new favorite website. thanks, as always, AT...